Double consonants are just like when any two consonant sounds run into each other, such as "sick knight", except that the two are the same, "sick king." If you pronounce these two examples, you'll notice a characteristic delay over the second example. In some languages these double consonants can occur in the middle of any word, not just when different words run into each other. In Greek, á¼„Î»Î¿Î½ is a different word than á¼„Î»Î»Î¿Î½, and they were pronounced differently.